Black-faced SolitaireMyadestes melanops

Breeding

Very little information. Few nests reported (Blake 1956, Skutch 1967). The nest is a cup made of green mosses and liverworts. It is lined with dark rootlets and the stems of mosses and liverworts. The nest is placed in a crevice or niche, such as a niche on a mossy bank or a crevice on a trunk. Nest height varies from 1-5 m above the ground (Collar 2005). Nest dimensions are 15 x 13 x 6 cm for the external dimensions, and the cup was 8.9 x 6 x 1.3 cm (Blake 1956). The clutch is two-three. Two eggs, partly incubated, measure 24 x 16.7 mm and 22.8 x 16.9 mm (Blake 1956). Eggs are pinkish white, "minutely speckled with dull chestnut except toward the larger end where they are increasingly spotted and blotched with the same" (Blake 1956).

Incubation:The incubation period is approximately 12-13 days (Skutch 1967).

Parental care:Parents take care of nestlings on average for approximately 15-16 days (Skutch 1967).